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Anthony J. Portantino is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. == Political Career == Assemblyman Portantino served two terms on the La Cañada Flintridge City Council, from 1999 until 2006. There, he was mentored by now State Senator Carol Liu, who endorsed him to succeed her in the California State Assembly. At the request of the Screen Actors Guild in 2010, Portantino proposed an anti-gatecrashing law that would make party crashing a misdemeanor with punishments being up to six months in jail, or a $1,000 fine, or both. He said that party crashing posed a threat to public safety.〔(Closing the door to gate crashers ) Los Angeles Times, 2010-08-14.〕 In 2011, Portantino introduced legislation banning open carry of firearms, even if unloaded. and introduced legislation to remove tattoos from victims of forced prostitution. After his term finished in the California State Assembly, Portantino stated initially stated that he would run for Congress against David Dreier, even though the district had yet to be drawn. He later contemplated a run against Senator Carol Liu in State Senate District 25 but opted against it, citing personal reasons. In 2013, Portantino began actively campaigning to fill the seat of Senator Liu, who will be forced out of the District 25 position by term limits in 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Portantino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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